Olivier Rousteing cuts Tyla's Balmain gown into a mini dress
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Updated · Vanity Fair · May 1
Olivier Rousteing cuts Tyla's Balmain gown into a mini dress
11 articles · Updated · Vanity Fair · May 1
At the 2024 Met Gala in New York, Rousteing used scissors inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art after Tyla arrived in the sand-infused look.
The fragile Balmain design, made from three colours of sand and micro-crystal studs, had required the Grammy-winning South African singer to be carried up the steps.
The alteration preserved Tyla's time-themed statement for "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" while making the dress wearable, turning the outfit into one of the gala's standout fashion moments.
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